JVCLT
Envisioning the Future of the Junction Village Community Land Trust
In winter of 2024, the JVCLT team gathered together for our first visioning retreat, solidifying the non-profit's foundations.
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where all beings have a healthy home in community with the Land
We envision a community that is...
affordable
sustainable
connected
inclusive
citizen-led
Our Values
Health & Wellbeing
We recognize that creating affordable housing is about more than just giving people a place to live--it is also a necessary part of fostering individual and communal health and wellbeing
Equity & Belonging
We are committed to bringing a social justice lens to housing, creating inclusive spaces that foster a sense of belonging for all
Sustainability & Stewardship
By emphasizing collective responsibility and community land stewardship, we help people support and care for one another and the spaces in which they live, contributing to mutual growth and flourishing
Land Decommodification & Decolonization
We approach housing not just as a wealth investment, but rather as a space for community flourishing and a fundamental right for all
Land Acknowledgement
We are treaty peoples. Most of us have been enabled to settle in and around Guelph as a result of the ‘Between the Lakes’ treaty agreement granted the British Empire by the Mississaugas of the Credit. They have our gratitude and respect. As do their ancestors, those of the Chonnonton, the Huron-Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy who have also tended this land.
We respect the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. From them, we’ve learned that:
“Canada has displayed a continuous policy, with shifting expressed motives but an ultimately steady intention, to destroy Indigenous peoples physically, biologically, and as social units...”
Their Calls to action are largely unfulfilled. Colonization is both current and ongoing.
We honour and defend the interconnected wellbeing of all the Land’s creatures. We are one.
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